22 Squadron RAAF aircrew briefing New Guinea 1943 AWM OG0366
AWM caption : Papua New Guinea: Papua, Papuan Islands, Trobriand Islands. AIRCREW OF NO. 22 (BOSTON) SQUADRON RAAF, BEING BRIEFED. STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) E. J. O'DRISCOLL, STAWELL,... More
Fleet Air Arm pilots and a Gloster Gladiator at HMS SPARROWHAWK, the R...
Fleet Air Arm pilots and a Gloster Gladiator at HMS SPARROWHAWK, the Royal Naval Air Station at Hatston on Orkney, April 1942. With a chart spread on the wing of a Gloster Gladiator, the Commanding Officer of t... More
Glider pilots of 6th Airborne Division and RAF crews are briefed at RA...
Glider pilots of 6th Airborne Division and RAF crews are briefed at RAF Harwell for the D-Day invasion, 5 June 1944. Glider pilots of 6th Airborne Division and RAF crews are briefed at RAF Harwell for the D Day... More
Life at a Bomber Station- Linton-on-ouse, Yorkshire, England, UK, Octo...
Life at a Bomber Station- Linton-on-ouse, Yorkshire, England, UK, October 1941 Following a final briefing, men of No. 35 Squadron RAF check their kit and equipment, prior to setting off on a sortie, Linton-on-O... More
Life at a Bomber Station- Linton-on-ouse, Yorkshire, England, UK, Octo...
Life at a Bomber Station- Linton-on-ouse, Yorkshire, England, UK, October 1941 Men of No. 35 Squadron RAF are briefed before setting off on a sortie, Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire.
Prestwick Airport- Transport and Travel in Wartime, Prestwick, Ayrshir...
Prestwick Airport- Transport and Travel in Wartime, Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, 1944 A member of BOAC staff chalks departure information on a noticeboard at Prestwick airport. The board informs passenge... More
RAF Bomber Command 1940 HU104650
RAF Bomber Command 1940 Bomber crews attend a briefing by the squadron commander, 15 December 1940.
RAF Bomber Command 1940 HU104658
RAF Bomber Command 1940 Wellington crews studying maps at a briefing with the station commander, 2 September 1940.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command 1939-1941. D4745
Royal Air Force Bomber Command 1939-1941. Pilots and navigators plot courses to and from their target, following a briefing at Oakington, Cambridgeshire..
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. CH218
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Aircrew of No. 58 Squadron RAF undergo a briefing by the Station Commander in the Operations Room at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, prior to an operation.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 19391-1941. CH219
Roayal Air Force Bomber Command, 19391-1941. Aircrew of No. 58 Squadron RAF undergo a briefing by the Station Commander in the Operations Room at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, prior to an operation.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11401
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Following their briefing, Handley Page Halifax crews of No. 76 Squadron RAF board their transports at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, to be driven to their dispersa... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12598
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Squadron Leader Peter Hill, briefs crews of No. 51 Squadron RAF on the forthcoming raid to Nuremberg, Germany in the Operations Room at Snaith, Yorkshire. The Station... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH18010
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Flying Officer R G Hayes (left) and Flight Lieutenant J Gordon, navigator and pilot respectively of a De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IV of No. 105 Squadron RAF, listen i... More
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH14810
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Pilots of No. 602 Squadron RAF study targets in Holland, with the aid of a large-scale map and target photographs in the Operations Room at Ludham, Norfolk. The Squa... More
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH5746
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Pilots of the Hornchurch Wing attend a briefing by the Intelligence Officer prior to a fighter sweep over France, at Hornchurch, Essex.
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CF170
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Aircrew of No. 684 Squadron RAF, attend a briefing on the weather before taking off on a photo-reconnaissance sortie at Alipore, India. Corporal Taylor (r... More
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CF197
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Squadron Leader J A Bushbridge, the Commanding Officer of No. 34 Squadron RAF, briefs his pilots at Palel, Burma, before taking off on another sortie.
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CF222
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Pilots of No. 134 Squadron RAF work out their tactics in the shade of some small trees, in front of their Republic Thunderbolts parked on the airstrip at R... More
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. CF244
Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Pilots of No. 134 Squadron RAF attend a briefing outside the Operations Room at Ratnap, Burma, prior to a sortie.
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943 Aircrews of No. 12 Squadron SAAF receive final instructions from an RAF Operations Officer before setting out on a bombing sortie from B... More
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. The Commanding Officer of No. 84 Squadron RAF briefs his aircrew before a training sortie at Shaibah, Iraq.
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Pilots of No. 3 Squadron RAAF study a map on the tailplane of one of their Gloster Gladiators at their landing ground near Sollum, Egyp... More
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Immediatley prior to Operation SUPERCHARGE, pilots of No. 6 Squadron RAF are briefed for a sortie against enemy tanks, motor transport ... More
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Wing Commander A A N Malan, Commanding Officer of No. 150 Squadron RAF, briefs aircrew of his Squadron and those of No. 142 Squadron RA... More
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1...
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Wing Commander P le Cheminant (later Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter le Cheminant), Commmanding Officer of No. 223 Squadron RAF, briefs air... More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CH18814
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Squadron Leader A S Dredge, Officer Commanding No. 3 Squadron RAF, briefs his pilots for a sweep over the Caen area, on the elevator of a Hawker Tempest Mark ... More
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL175
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Hawker Typhoon pilots of No. 181 Squadron RAF leave the briefing tent at B2/Bazenville, for a midday sortie over the Normandy battlefield.
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL4
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A final briefing of Douglas Boston crews of No. 137 Wing RAF takes place at Hartford Bridge, Hampshire, before they depart on smoke-laying sorties off the Fre... More
Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940 C403
Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940 The Commanding Officer of a squadron briefs his pilots on a sortie in the Wing Operations Room.
Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. C909
Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. Pilots of No. 607 Squadron RAF are briefed on the day's patrol route by their Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader L E Smith (second left), at Mourmelon-le-Grand. Behind them... More
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. ...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. Members of No. 2771 Field Squadron RAF Regiment listening to a briefing by their flight commander at their base camp, before moving up to th... More
Royal Air Force- Operations by the Photographic Reconnaissance Units, ...
Royal Air Force- Operations by the Photographic Reconnaissance Units, 1939-1945. Pilots of a photographic-reconnaissance squadron at Benson, Oxfordshire, being briefed by the Intelligence Officer in the Operations Room..
Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-...
Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Aircrew of No. 462 Squadron RAAF attend a briefing at Fayid, Egypt, before undertaking a night raid to Benghazi or Tobruk (the "Mail R... More
Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-...
Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Pilots of No. 252 Squadron RAF get into their flying kit outside the Intelligence tent at Idku, Egypt, following a briefing by their C... More
Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-...
Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Wing Commander P H Bragg, Officer Commanding No. 252 Squadron RAF, briefs his aircrews before they undertake a long-range fighter sort... More
Squadron Leader P A Hunter (far left), the CO of No. 264 Squadron RAF,...
Squadron Leader P A Hunter (far left), the CO of No. 264 Squadron RAF, briefs his pilots by one of the Squadron's Boulton-Paul Defiants at Duxford, 31 May 1940. Squadron Leader P A Hunter (far left), the Comman... More
The Normandy Campaign 1944 B6628
The Normandy Campaign 1944 Auster AOP pilots of No 652 Squadron being briefed at a mobile headquarters, 6 July 1944.
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21602
The Royal Navy during the Second World War The Air Staff officer of HMS BATTLER briefing observers in the air plot room before they set out on an anti-submarine patrol.
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A23053
The Royal Navy during the Second World War Fighter pilots in the briefing room of HMS PURSUER check over the details of their next operation with their Squadron Leader Lieutenant Commander L A Hordern who is us... More
"With an officer giving them pointers from a giant map, pilots of an A...
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Pilots at briefing session aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) prior to attac...
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Pilots at briefing session aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) prior to attac...
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Zuikaku aircrew briefing. Japanese empire during World War Two.
Aircrew from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Zuikaku are briefed on the carrier's flight deck sometime in early 1942.
Briefing prior to flight of the Enola Gay
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150 Squadron Wellington crew Tunisia WWII IWM CNA 1271
The crew of a Vickers Wellington Mark X of No. 150 Squadron RAF receive a final briefing from their flight commander before taking off from Kairouan, Tunisia, for a raid on targets in the Salerno area on the d... More
487 Squadron RNZAF Mosquito aircrew briefing Sculthorpe 1943 IWM HU 81...
IWM caption : Aircrews of No. 487 Squadron RNZAF attend a final briefing in front of their De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VIs at Sculthorpe, Norfolk, prior to taking off on the first Mosquito raid mounted by No... More
Wellington crew briefing Italy WWII IWM CNA 3265
IWM caption : Vickers Wellington aircrews of No. 40 Squadron RAF being briefed at Foggia Main, Italy, before undertaking a bombing raid on the railway yards at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Wing Commander Townsend and Anson aircrew of 67 Squadron RAAF AWM 0505...
AWM caption : LAVERTON, VIC. 1943-04. WING-COMMANDER TOWNSEND OF 67 SQUADRON, RAAF AFTER BRIEFING THE PILOT AND AIR CREW, WATCHES THEM BOARD THE AIRCRAFT FROM WHICH THEY WILL DROP SUPPLY-CONTAINERS ON TO A PRE... More
Bruce Field - Aviation Cadets with Instructor Pilot
Aviation Cadets with Instructor Pilot